Kawika Lum-Nelmida

Kawika Lum-Nelmida is an award-winning hulu (feather) artist from Pūpūkea, Oʻahu, renowned for his contemporary and traditional Hawaiian featherwork, including lei, kāhili, ahuʻula, and mahiʻole. He began learning lei hulu in 1997 from master teacher Paulette Kahalepuna at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where he studied Natural Environment and Fiber Arts within the Hawaiian Studies program. Since 2012, Lum-Nelmida has been an active participant in MAMo: Maoli Arts Movement. In 2013, he received a Master’s Apprenticeship with Kahalepuna through the Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.